RE 5040 Teacher as Researcher
On Campus Section
This class guide is for the on-campus section of this class. It provides a brief outline of sources and search strategies to help you locate information for your research. For more information and assistance, please contact Lisa Abbott, stop by the Reference Desk, or try our Ask a Librarian e-mail reference service.
- Finding Articles
- Finding Books
- Electronic Reserves
- Other Sources
- Citing Your Sources
- Where to Go for Help
Finding Articles
Search your topics in the following databases to find scholarly journal articles.You may also consult the list of Databases by Subject to determine which other databases are related to your research.
Need a review of how to search for an article? Click here.
Education Full Text
Provides citations with abstracts to nearly 500 international journals--many with accompanying full text articles-- on a wide range of contemporary education issues.
ERIC
Provides indexing to journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, books, and ERIC documents. Many with full-text.
PsycINFO
Provides article citations, with abstracts, to journal articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and reports covering the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Many with full-text.
Sociological Abstracts
Provides article citations, with abstracts, from more than 1,900 journals covering all facets of sociology and related disciplines.
Academic Search Premier
Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, business, general academics, general science, and multicultural subjects. Many with full text.
Finding Books
The following strategies are designed to help you find information using the WNCLN Online Catalog.
Try a keyword search first. Your strategy will either be to use a specific word or phrase that represents your broad topic. Example:
- phonemic awareness
Try a subject search using Library of Congress Subject Headings, either from highly relevant books that your keyword search turned up, or from fairly broad headings that you find by browsing the Catalog by Subject. Examples:
- Reading - phonetic method
- English language - phonetics - study and teaching (early childhood)
Another important strategy for searching for books (using either keyword or subject searching) is to search more broadly than your exact topic. Books on the broader subject might have chapters or sections on your topic.
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Electronic Reserves
To locate reserve readings,
- select Reserves on the ASU Libraries home page, OR
- click here to go directly to the Reserves web page.
You can search for the reserve material by the course number or the instructor's name.
You will need to have a PDF reader on your local computer in order to read and/or print the material. The Reserves web page provides a link to download Adobe Acrobat (a common PDF reader). Remember that it can take a minute or so to print each page.
Other Sources
Journal or Magazine? How to Distinguish.
A chart to help you distinguish between a scholarly journal and a magazine.
Evaluating Internet Resources
Tips on evaluating information found on the Internet.
Citing Your Sources
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. Ready Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001
(This book can be found at the reference desk and in the reference collection.)
APA Documentation [The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison]
Provides a quick resource for citing references in papers using the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001).
EndNote
EndNote is a software program that facilitates the maintenance and storage of bibliographic citations, web resources and images; EndNote also makes it easy to share your citations with colleagues and students. Requires a separate software download and installation.
Where to Go for Help
Library Homepage
http://www.library.appstate.edu
The Reference Desk/Information Desk
Phone us at 262-2820 or come by in person.
Ask-A-Librarian
http://www.library.appstate.edu/reference/askref.html
Email a question. We will respond in 24 hours or less.
Research Advisory Program (RAP Sessions)
http://www.library.appstate.edu/reference/rapsessions.html
Make an appointment with a librarian for in-depth research assistance.
Content editor:
Lisa T. Abbott, abbottlt@appstate.edu
Distance Learning Reference Librarian
Jan. 2007